Wool-combing machine



(No Model.) W. W ARDMAN.

WOOL} GOMBING MACHINE. N0. 355,489. Patented Jan. 4, 1887;

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VVILLIANI WARDMAN, OF BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA.

WOOL-COMBING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01' Letters Patent No. 355,489, dated January4, 1887.

Application filed May 28, 1886. Serial No. 203,543.

To all whom it may concern.- 7 Be it known that I, WILLIAM WARDMAN ofBristol, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and Improved Wool-Oombing Machine, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the Noble wool-combingmachine; and the object of my invention is to prevent the slivers comingfrom opposite directions from the rollers from breaking down at theunion, which they are now liable to do in consequence of insufficientmaterial and insuflicient twist.

The invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the carrying-roller and the parts of aNoble wool-combing machine in combination with which it op= erates. Fig.2 is a detailed sectional view of the carrying-roller.

The combing is done by three circlestl1e large outside circle, A, andtwo inside small circles, B Call of whichare covered with rows .ofsteelpins and revolve in the same direction,

carrying-roller H, which runs in contact with both aprons and unites thesliver of apron D with that of apron F, and they pass together to thetwisting-tube J, which gives' them the necessary twist and insures thesteady running of the machine. The wool on the large circle A ,in frontof the small circle 0, is taken off by the endless apron K anddrawing-rollers L, and the united slivers from the small circles B 0-,after passing through the twisting-tube J, are

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there united with the sliver from the large cirole, forming thecomparatively large sliver m.

The wool on the large circle, in front of the circle B, is taken off bythe endless apron M and drawing-off rollers N, and forms the sliver m.In ordinary machines the slivers from the two inner circles, afterleaving the endless aprons and drawing-off rollcrs G and E, passseparately to a long steel tube placed above roller H this difficulty iswholly overcome, so.

the machine may be run steadily without delay and loss, and with agreater production of work and less per cent. of noils. The top, too, isin much better condition, from the fact that the machine does not haveto be stopped often, and should the small slivers break they would do nofurther damage than to wind around the roller H. This roller alsoprevents the wool from lapping aroundthe drawing-off rollers, whichisrof frequent occurrence with the old system, and it gives full controlof the machine to make any size sliver desired, which cannot be .donewith the old system.' The carryingrollerimmediately takes hold of thesliver after it is drawn through the drawing-oft rollers and keeps it inplace, which prevents a great deal of fly, which in theold system clogsthe machine and causes delay,andis very detrimental.

The roller H may be of any approved con struction; but I prefer to formit of'the wooden body 71, with a central bushing, h, the body It beingcovered with felt, h or other similar material. The body H is mountedupon a stud and step, h h*, loosely, so it receives its motion fromcontact with the endless aprons D F, sov

the machine requires no extra belts or other means for revolving theroller.

p The means for actuating the operative parts of the machine have longbeenin common use,

run through the said drawing-off rollers L, and

and are substantially shown in the United States Patent No. 295,165,dated March 18, 1884, and form no part of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 7 1. In a woolcombing machine, thelarge circleA, two inner small circles, 13 C, the drawing-ofi apron and rollers M N,for forming a sliver at one side of thelarge circle, the drawing-oflapron and rollers K L, forming a sliver at the opposite side of thelarge circle, and the rollers E G and drawing-oft aprons D F at thecenter of the large circle, running in contact, respectively, with theadjacent surfaces of the small circles B G, in combination with thecarrying-roller H, arranged between the aprons D F, for uniting theslivers of the small circles with each other, and the twisting-tube J,

for receiving and twisting said united slivers, the twisting-tube Jbeing arranged near the drawingofi rollers L, substantially asdescribed.

2. The large circle A and two inner small circles, BC, and the rollers GE and central aprons, D F, arranged to run in contact with the smallcircles B O, in combination withthe carrying-roller H. placed betweenthe aprons D F, the twister J. and the drawing-off rollers L and apronK, whereby the slivers of the small circles are united, twisted, andthen united with the sliver at one side of the large circle,substantially as described.

, WM. WARDMAN.

\Vitnesses:

G. A. SHOEMAKER, ETHELBERT W001).

